https://www.gao.gov/products/120105

B-208884.2: Dec 14, 1982

A firm requested a reconsideration of a decision in which GAO dismissed its protest of a contract award for lounge furniture for which the Air Force used competitive procurement rather than purchasing the furniture under the protester's Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) contract. GAO had held that the prior protest was untimely filed. The protester alleged that the determination of untimeliness was p...

https://www.gao.gov/products/463592

B-208884.2: Dec 14, 1982

IS UNTIMELY BECAUSE IT CONCERNS AN ALLEGED SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETY WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN RAISED PRIOR TO BID OPENING. THE FACT THAT PROTESTER WAS NOT A BIDDER IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE SINCE THE FIRM CLEARLY KNEW THE SUBJECT OF THE INVITATION AS WELL AS THE BID OPENING DATE. 2. UNTIMELY RAISED ISSUES CONCERNING WHETHER OR NOT THE PROCURING AGENCY SHOULD HAVE USED THE PROTESTER'S FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDU...